Ethical issues in the export, storage and reuse of human biological samples in biomedical research: Perspectives of key stakeholders in Ghana and Kenya

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tindana, Paulina ^a,c   Molyneux, Catherine S ^b,c   Bull, Susan ^c   Parker, Michael ^c  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Broad consent; Human biological samples; Research collaboration; Sample export

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIOETHICS; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ATTITUDE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84975854512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-76     Document Type: Article

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